Model Doll (1954)

London. C/Us of miniature underwear and accessories made for a model doll. C/U of the doll wearing an evening dress. A woman sits at a table dressing the doll in a tweed suit. She puts a tiny mirror and handkerchief in the doll’s handbag and places it on the doll’s arm. A small hat is put on the head of the doll. Commentator explains the model doll was originally created for a charity exhibition by fashion house Lachasse, and is a replica in miniature of actual Lachasse model, Virginia Woodford. Virginia appears, wearing a life-size replica of the suit the doll is wearing. The woman hands her the doll. Virginia admires her miniature self then hands it back. Notes and cutting on file. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical col